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Dear members of the GRASS community,<br>
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Alen Mangafić has accepted a nomination by Linda Karlovská:<br>
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<i>Alen works at the Geodetic Institute of Slovenia as a Senior
Geospatial Data Scientist. His main areas of expertise include
multispectral, hyperspectral, and SAR data, as well as LiDAR point
clouds. He is a big open-source enthusiast and uses GRASS on a
daily basis./
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More recently, he has been the main initiator and developer of the
<code class="moz-txt-verticalline">i.hyper</code> module, which is
now part of the GRASS Addons. Alen is also a very good
communicator and does a great job representing GRASS at various
events. In particular, I would highlight his recent activities at
FOSS4G Europe 2024, FOSS4G 2025 Auckland, and FOSS4G 2026
Hiroshima, where he led workshops on point-cloud processing in
GRASS. He has also given numerous presentations at these events
and has presented the State of GRASS several times.
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Last but not least, Alen is very active in the local community in
Slovenia, where he has presented GRASS at events such as Open
Source Geospatial Slovenia and GeoDev Slovenia. He has also been a
regular and active participant in GRASS code sprints over the past
few years.<br>
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Looking at everything I have just listed, I almost feel like Alen
is already doing some of the work of the PSC - so joining the PSC
would simply give him the opportunity to do it in a more official
way and, in his own words, “to be even more involved with GRASS
and contribute more consistently to the project.</i>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Hernán De Angelis
Chief Return Officer (CRO)
GRASS election 2026</pre>
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